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So eloquent per usual!! Such a great review of themes and nuances. I think I felt a little distracted by the world building but I think I also had different expectations going in (I thought it would be more genre fantasy / genre romance). It is really interesting to hear that it was written during 2020, I did not realize this. I'd be curious to try this author again with more realistic expectations - would you recommend starting with something like Siren Queen or The Empress of Salt and Fortune?

Do you get hiccups in this video?

Some historical romance authors are moving to strict historical fiction genre and leaving the romance genre in general.

Thank you for tackling this topic. You put into words what I have been feeling and thinking a lot about romance genre in general and historical romance specifically.

I read way more of the fantasy books than I usually do. It was hard to choose but I had to vote for The Tainted Cup because I loved it so much I also really dislike the audible exclusive audiobooks included 😬

as always i saw you had made this video and was excited but wanted to wait until i had seen the movie a second time before i said anything. as a person that had only read the book many moons ago and only listened the soundtrack the way the musical had taken the plot and done its own thing with it had largely remained a mystery to me... while i enjoyed most of the performances the second time more than the first the biggest takeaway i had was i wasn't really a fan of the plot. or more so how the pieces of the puzzle of act one fit together. i still felt like we were really racing through character moments. on a second viewing things felt a little better, i picked up on some things that i missed. but i still couldn't get behind enjoying elphaba... as much as cynthia's performance was good. she just didn't click. and i wanted to say that was just because of the framing of the movie at the end of no one mourns the wicked, but i don't think that's entirely it. the nuance and the discussion of wickedness really centers around galinda who is a more complex character. maybe that's just true of the stage play too. i'm optimistic about part two, and will definitely be tuning in. i'll probably wind up watching this again before it leaves theatres, but the first impression i had was how flat it felt when i left the theatre for the first time.

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Thank you for doing this video! I have only read the book but just in the previews and songs I have noticed some major differences between the book and musical/movie. I wanted to try to pinpoint those differences BEFORE I see the movie and get confused. 😅

I just started the video, but I just want to express im so happy to see someone talking in this format

Hi! Loved your analysis and comparison of the different iterations of this story. I adored the movie as well, I went in with low expectations because I haven't really enjoyed many of the movie adaptations of Broadway musicals in the past, but this one was really was everything I could've hoped for. I'm a fan of the musical but I live in Uruguay and have never been able to see it live, so seeing this movie in theatres here was extra special❤ Definitely reaching a wider audience!

for time travel, you might like Lent by Jo Walton

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Very underwhelmed this year. Most of the titles were very recently released and I haven't gotten to them yet.

So good ❤

Which press is/was being boycotted? Did I miss a TikTok thing?

I didn't even know that existed. Huh, you learn something new every day

Happy Birthday 🎉

I found this book so meh! Depressing town, characters I didn’t like, I’m halfway through and not liking it. Not enjoying the story.

Here's what I read Memnoch the devil by Anne rice Out of the range by elsie silver The book of magic by alice Hoffman Bright young women by Jessica knoll Off to the races by elsie silver Love song for ricki wilde by tia Williams Glitterland by alexis hall The violence by delilah s dawson Bad mother by mia Sheridan Out of range by c.j box

Happy birthday 🎂🎉 hope you had a great time in Japan! My favorite translated Japanese novel I’ve read is What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama 📖

😊 I feel seen

Shoot I wrote a long comment and it didn't post properly but I have thoughts on this topics so I'm going to re-write it!! I used to be really into Netgalley when I first signed up and asked for a ton of eARCs (and reviewed a ton). After 4-5 years on the website I've gotten probably ~100 books and reviewed maybe 95 of them, so I have a high response rate. I reviewed a ton of the first year or two (maybe 60 books) and I came to realize that I really value people reading books and leaving some sort of review.... but I don't always want to be the first person. Frankly I got a lot of duds (2-3 star reads) but I finished so many of them b/c I felt obligated to since I had gotten a free eARC. Nowadays I am super picky with what I request - usually authors I recognize, or the second in a series, or something I am just super intrigued by from cover/synopsis. This year I've probably requested/read 5 books. I also read my fiction predominantly as ebook and nonfiction as audio, so I almost never request nonfiction on Netgalley. What I do use Netgalley for is finding new books. More than any other source - Booktube, Instagram, Goodreads. I browse it almost every day and add a ton of book to my Goodreads TBR without requesting the book b/c I want to wait to see reviews! But I find sooo many books thru that website that I am intrigued by and want to monitor closer to release date. I do agree that physical ARCS have more "prestige" than eARCs, but I don't really care much since I'm mostly a digital reader and my physical shelves are quite curated as my favorite reads so I don't want physical ARCS to screw up the vibes lol. The only time I get jealous is when Ali Hazelwood books get released..... I almost never get accepted for any of the hyped contemporary romance books but I love Hazelwood so I'm always antsy to read her books ASAP. Fun discussion video! Per usual love hearing your thoughts on all things bookish!

I... didn't even know that there was a discourse going on? Then again, I managed to avoid a lot by not even trying.

The thing i like about Wendell, both as a character within the story and with the larger literatary world of fairy boyfriends is that for all his foppishness and... Blondness, Wendell is often just as dark as those others characters. He is selfish, he is vain, he is DEFINITELY vicious, and while Emily may have been bemused by Wendell being jealous about her ex, I would not ever want those two to meet fornthe ex's sake. But, since everything is from Emily's... Very particular POV, these traits are acknowledged but not brooded over.

I love the build up to the 'fade to black' scene. Because Emily is... Emily, shes just, "I would like to sleep with you, Wendell. Right here and now. If you are amitable to this, please remove your clothes." And honestly ive had more than a few tinder dates that played out that way

I lost the sense of them being fully adult by like chapter 11 😬

Excellent review/insight into this book. TFS☮️

Even tho I’m sad about this announcement. I really hope the authors continue to give us there awesome takes on history! I ESPECIALLY HOPE THEY CYCLE BACK TO THE JANE TRILOGY! And pray they do a story on Jane Austen! Or EVEN JANE BENNET😭🙏💕

The issue I have with compensating for reviews is quality. People paied by newssites usually have some background which means they can lift up their review. It's not just about liking or not liking something. A lot of booktube is about personal preferance, as in you give a book a star rating based on how much you liked it rather than objective criteria. Just think back to a time when you read a vook tou didn't like, but you understood why other people would like it.

i don’t have much to say about the content, i really like your voice and editing style :3 one bit of advice, i’d add a bit of soft music behind it. can’t wait to see your channel grow :D

I'm looking forward to the Malort video. It is the star so why not focus on it? 😂

Reading the book now and I love it so far.

I read 14 books in September my favorites are The wild truth by carine mccandless memoir she's the sister of Christopher mccandless there's a book and movie based on his life Twisted lies by ana Huang City of dreams by don Winslow sequel to city of fire The air he breathes by brittainy cherry My least favorite flying solo by linda Holmes

I absolutely loved your review!!! I just finished the book and this video is the best

I haven't read any of those, but some Japanese titles I like are: I Called Him Necktie Convenience Store Woman The Woman In The Purple Skirt Kokoro

Yerin is gorgeous😊😊😊 and their first pics together are so beautiful as well. I cant believe we have to wait for 2 years

Sophie is coming!!! Her and Benedict are going to meet! It's coming!!! Yerin Ha is Sophie!!!

I re read the book as i was watching the movie and while I could see their intentions behind some changes Iulttimately feel that naratively it just doesnt work. At no point does tally or any othe carachter feel real and that sucks because i do enjoy the books and would have loved the full series being adapted

I didn't know they made this into a movie! I just reread the series earlier this year. Loved your commentary 👌

Fitz exists in this universe, i am shooketh. Does anyone else made the connection - assassin- Fitz like…

Excited to watch this later >:]

I highly recommend two novella length contemporary works, Cold Enough for Snow, about a mother and daughter traveling in Japan and The Way Kyoto Breaks Your Heart, a memoir about being a tour guide in historic Kyoto, both excellent!

Sorry my youtube app just crashed and I lost my other comment about "Before the Coffee Gets Cold". I have heard mixed reviews on the series as a whole but I enjoyed them! I often find some Japanese Literature to be very deep/depressing at times, but I have been finding more and more translations of things that are more in my specific genre. For Murakami there really is no going wrong, but my personal favorite is "First Person Singular" which is a collection of 8 stories all told in first person narration. Very philosophical. I'm really enjoying anthologies because it gives me great stopping points, and I love to take poetry or short stories/novellas when I travel. I find it easier to set them down and focus on my surroundings to enjoy where I am.

I highly recommend Satoshi Yagisawa's "Days at the Morisaki Bookshop" and the follow up "More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop". Two small novellas about a woman who quots her job and moves to stay with her uncle at his second hand bookshop in Jimbocho (the famous book district). She learns to fall in love with reading and many scenes take place on a rainy day or in a nearby coffeeshop. It's the perfect little love letter to booklovers and anyone who knows what it feels like to have to start over.

I never understood checking other opinions on books before reading them myself. Like... I like the premise, so I get it and read it? I never check Goodreads before reading, I read what *I* find interesting. There was a book that had a rating of 2.2-ish that I LOVED. And I often dislike books that are usually rated 5 stars. Read the blurbs again and decide which books you're excited to read, easy as that